Rain Postpones World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Saturday Event at Calistoga Speedway

Tonight’s race in Merced on schedule; track and series officials working to find Calistoga makeup date for later this year

CALISTOGA, Calif. — March 30, 2012 — As the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series prepares to tackle Merced Speedway tonight, one of the wettest months in California history has forced the series to postpone Saturday’s event at Calistoga Speedway.

With more than seven inches of rain in the past three weeks and additional rain throughout the week, Calistoga Speedway was unable to be touched until Friday afternoon. And then it started raining again on the half-mile track and is not projected to stop until early Sunday morning.

CHICO, Calif. — March 24, 2012 — Tonight’s World of Outlaws race at Silver Dollar Speedway has been cancelled because of the combination of cold temperatures and the significant amount of rain in the area, which is forecast to move over the track in the afternoon and continue the rest of the weekend.

“The tremendous amount moisture in the ground from rains earlier in the week made the pit area treacherous on Friday night and prevented the staff at Silver Dollar Speedway from providing the outstanding racing surface that we normally see,” said Brian Carter, CEO of the World of Outlaws. “The cold wind and steady rain forecasted for this evening leave us little choice but to cancel tonight’s racing.”

TULARE, Calif. — March 17, 2012 — After heavy rains hit the area and with a forecast of additional wet weather throughout the night, Thunderbowl Raceway and World of Outlaws officials have been forced to postpone tonight’s race.

Californian Tim Kaeding won Friday’s event at the high-banked, one-third mile to become the first repeat winner of the season while four-time champion Donny Schatz took over the lead in the points. (CLICK FOR FRIDAY'S RECAP AND RESULTS)

One year ago, the sprint car ace led 51 features laps only to leave without a top 10. In his return on Wednesday night to the half-mile dirt oval in Barberville, Fla., Dollansky finished eighth in what he deemed a learning night.

In front of a packed crowd on Thursday at the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment, Dollansky wowed the spectators and put the lessons to use by claiming the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions 30-lap feature.

The intense jumble of lapped cars on the fast, half-mile dirt oval in Barberville, Fla., created dynamic racing at the 41st annual UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment. Danny Lasoski, the winningest driver in track history, worked his way through the clutter the best en route to claiming the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions victory.

“It’s a momentum booster for sure,” he said after picking up his 18th career sprint car win at Volusia Speedway Park.

The 41st annual UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit is underway at Volusia

BARBERVILLE, Fla. — Feb. 14, 2012 — With scattered, white clouds and a persistent breeze all afternoon, the World of Outlaws ushered in the 2012 season on Tuesday.

Although it was officially only a practice, the sessions kicked off the 41st annual UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment, which runs through Feb. 25 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. The first sprint car feature begins tomorrow – Feb. 15 – with two days of UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions competition before the World of Outlaws hit the track Feb. 17-18-19 to decide the event’s sprint car champion.

Several former champions were on-air as the 2012 season is about to start this week in Florida

BARBERVILLE, Fla. — Feb. 14, 2012 — With the 2012 season beginning this week, several drivers were busy preparing things other than their cars last week.

In preparation for the 41st annual UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment at Volusia Speedway Park – an event that runs today through Feb. 25 with the World of Outlaws sprint cars on center stage Feb. 17-18-19 – a handful of drivers were on various radio and Internet broadcasts.

March 8 race in Las Vegas starts an eight-race month in Western region

CONCORD, N.C. — Feb. 10, 2012 — Sin City is about to get dirtier.

After opening the season next week in Florida, the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series will kick off an eight-race swing to the West with its lone race in Nevada — March 8 at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas. The premier sprint car tour will spark the racing attention in Las Vegas with an event on a Thursday during the NASCAR Sprint Cup weekend.

NASCAR star Tony Stewart has a pair of drivers — Donny Schatz and Steve Kinser — who have combined for 10 victories in the 26 World of Outlaws events run at the semi-banked, half-mile dirt oval. Kinser and Kasey Kahne Racing’s Joey Saldana earned victories last season when it was a two-night show.

Unavoidable issues with venue lead to cancellation of March 3 event at USA Raceway

CONCORD, N.C. — Feb. 9, 2012 — The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series has cancelled the Wildcat Shootout originally scheduled for March 3 at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz., because of permitting issues resulting from the recent change in track management.

Anyone who purchased advanced tickets will be contacted in the near future, and all tickets purchased will be refunded in full.

The World of Outlaws will now start its West Coast swing on Thursday, March 8, at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas. Following that event, the Outlaws will have seven races in California throughout the month of March, beginning with the SoCal Showdown on Saturday, March 10, at Perris Auto Speedway.

The two-time defending champion will compete in the first 12 WoO events

From the desk of Jason Meyers:

In January of 2004 with the help of Guy Stockbridge and eventually Chris Luck in 2006, I set out to build a World of Outlaw sprint car team capable of winning the World of Outlaws Championship. Over the past eight years, seven seasons of Outlaw competition, the team we created through hard work and sleepless nights has finished in the top-five seven times with three runner up finishes and recently two championships in succession.

Along the way, we had the opportunity to work with some of the finest individuals in motorsports and have made friends for life that we will cherish forever. Many of these folks worked daily within Elite Racing and many were sponsors and supporters that made our dreams reachable through their belief in our marketing and performance capabilities.